Thought the same, Gaboury Sidibe. And wow! Why does everybody think it's ok to pick on her?! Her dress? Her weight? And now her skin tone?! This is ridiculous!!!! I happen to think her skin tone is beautiful! Just like Lupita Nyong'o.

I personally like black. It's sleek looking. Don't really see what the big deal is if the person is black and they're wearing black.

I guess the same could go in reverse. Someone with super white, pale skin and a pale dress. if someone said…could you be any whiter? I wouldn't be insulted, it would actually be kinda funny. Or even if I had a sunburn and was wearing a red dress…and someone said "could you be any redder?" That's even funnier.

@ crila I wouldnt be ofdended if anyone said that to me either– xould you be any whiter. But obviously our society has negative connotations asociated with dark skin. Every race has a favorable attitude against those who look less like their ethnicity and more white. Hispanic culture/ethnicity, asian ethnicity and african cultures all have the bias. The indian culture has a name for it and arent even allowed to marry outside theirsegment. Thats why I dont think someone would say it to her. Its an added insult I would think ..

Well if that is how a character was written for a particular role in a particular movie or TV series? The producer could have used a different descriptor like can you be more ghetto oops sorry.

Because let's face it a lot of the dialogue in movies and TV is offensively or just stupidly stereotypical and not just for one particular race or ethnic group or sex. That is why I love the shows that have the kind of writing that is just the opposite or aims for it even if they don't hit the mark all the time. You know a gay man who is actually quite macho looking and does not talk like less flamboyant members of the gay community because they exist too.

Well of course thats annoying and insulting but its show business and thats the insane shit they say. Coukd u look sexier? " im playing a woman who's husband and child just died!" Can you look taller or shorter or less jock or more jock or more feminine and less new york or less midwestern or more girll next doir thats a secret slut? And it seems to happen way more to women.

what word were they emphasizing? I also took this possibly saying someones tan was way too dark. But as someone said earlier did they mean more "urban" or something. were they being sarcastic or seriously asking? too many questions…

Would a fledgling actress respond this way?Why would a veteran b asked to change it up?No one in the middle would dare, IMO.And like I always say if u r going to b in an occupation of your choosing isn't it best to do things (within reason) to keep working?

Agree with the Rashida Jones guess. Her character is leaving Parks and Rec soon so she could be looking for a new role. She was on the Office, which frequently had super sized 40 min or 1 he episodes at its peak.

I think I would be totally offended if some one asked me if I could be any whiter. I mean why not? Black people are offended when you call them black. I would think "could you be any whiter is like calling you a redneck or kkk. But I think this can be interpretted as a white perwon trying to be black a.k.a Miley or Bieber, in which case that could change the guesses dramatically…On a side note, when my son was born, my dads first words were "wow, he's really white" Im still not sure if that was an insult or out of surprise or what.

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